pinecone vs cone

pinecone and cone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pinecone	Yes	No	No	No
cone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cone is a hypernym of pinecone; that is, cone is a word with a broader meaning than pinecone:

Other hypernyms of pinecone include strobile, strobilus.

pinecone (noun)	cone (noun)
the seed-producing cone of a pine tree	any cone-shaped artifact
	a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
	cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
	a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

pinecone (verb)	cone (verb)
	make cone-shaped